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My sources are telling me that Google is going to shock the industry by announcing that they are selling Android to Apple in 50 Billion dollar deal.

Apple will immediately be closing Android's source code. Some rumors point to Apple stopping all future development of Android immediately but there are also some rumblings that they will be porting Android to a special version of the iPhone 4 for developing countries.

iPhone users will no longer get lost as Google Maps, Chrome and other Google services will become the default programs on their iPhones.

The Nexus program is also dead. Customers who have ordered a Nexus 6 will be getting pink 8GB iPhone 5c's instead and a $50 iTunes gift card.

If you live in Canada and aren't happy with either your mobile service or what you're paying for it, my advice is this: Get yourself on Koodo's $55/5GB SK/MB plan as per ijcy's instructions before it's too late.

The likes of Mobile Syrup would have you believe that the coming changes to Koodo (and also Fido) amount to a re-branding for millennials, but forum members know better—the real news here is that loyalty programs and perks are going away.

If reports (from multiple sources) turn out to be true, then subscribers to the Fido network will soon see their Fido Dollars disappear. The 4% pre-tax credit on a customer's monthly bill could be used towards a new device or applied as a discount to an add-on. It was a good differentiator for what was otherwise essentially wireless service from Rogers.

The changes coming to Koodo are two-fold. First, the Koodo Tab, a surprisingly reasonable alternative to the traditional (and egregious) penalties of early contract cancellation, will soon be off the table. Even worse, the 10% BYOD discount will likewise be no more. As someone who refuses, on principle, to lock themselves in to any one carrier via a subsidy, that 10% makes Koodo's $55 plan an even better $49.50/month. To get something similar from parent company TELUS would cost at least twice as much.
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Forget the unifying standard of Apple Pay—or, for that matter, Google Wallet and the forthcoming Android Pay. It looks like we mobile users will soon be spoiled for choice when it comes to paying for things via our smartphones.

The new mobile payment options I'm highlighting today join the growing list of those already discussed—Uber, SmoothPay, Tab Payments, PayPal, ZenBanx, along with the most popular of them all, the near-ubiquitous Starbucks app. If all this weren't enough, there are now at least three more options on the way from the likes of OpenTable, Google and Facebook.
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All I can say is wow, the execs at Cyanogen, Inc. are really blowing their brains out.

Flush with some $80 million in fresh funding from the likes of Qualcomm, Twitter and Rupert Murdoch, Cyanogen's CEO had this to say in a recent interview with Forbes:

We’re putting a bullet through Google’s head.

Uh-huh...

A bombastic statement like this makes for a great headline but honestly, I've seen this sort of thing before. In fact, if you'll indulge me I'll compare Cyanogen with another technology company to give you an idea of where arrogance like this ultimately leads.
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Just over a month ago I wrote about the Saygus V², a high-spec Android device sporting a fractal antenna, front and rear OIS cameras, removable battery and support for up to 320 GB of storage, via not one but two micro SD slots. An extra battery and a reduced price tag of $549 USD was offered for customers willing to pre-order.

Now it seems that production of the V² has been delayed due to manufacturing issues, leading some skeptics to wonder if this device will ever make it into customers hands at all. I had also wondered about the company's bold claim as "the only smartphone startup to ever receive certification from a US carrier"—Android Authority has confirmed that what they're talking about, the Saygus VPhone V1, never made it to production.
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You may be somewhat surprised by the rankings of both Canada and the US, but the numbers make sense if you consider the inconsistency of speeds across a relatively large area of service. Hong Kong surprised me too—I would never have guessed that it would rank below Canada. The only explanations I can think of are (1) 3G/TD-SCDMA handsets are more useful for frequent visits to mainland China, and (2) LTE service is lacking because Hong Kongers are too cheap to pay for it.

But the real head-scratcher is Australia's apparent fall from grace, dropping from the number one country with LTE service to 14th overall in only a year. It's important to remember that all of OpenSignal's data comes from the users of their mobile app. In other words, the more of us that sign on, the better that data will be!
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In more densely populated areas you will have no problem at all for the time being. However, moving forward and especially in more rural areas, he will definitely want to get an LTE device that fully...